Vending machine



'April 23, 1929. L.. J. DlssER, sR

VENDING MACHINE 'Filed Feb. 19. 1927 s sheets-sheet 1 April 23, 1929. x.. .1. DlssER. sR

7x-:unina uAcHINE s 'sheets-sheet 2 Filed Feb. 19, 1927 A115123', 1929, v L. J. DlssER, sR 1,710,209

YENDING MACHINE Filed Feb. 19. 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Apr. 23, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS J. D'ISSER, SR., OF FERGUSON, MISSOURI.

vnNnING MACHINE.

Application filed February 19, 1927. Serial No. 169,477.

My invention relates to improvements in vending machines, and has for its primary object a vending machine which is designed to contain a number of articles andhold them in such a manner 'that they can be readily rc1n.o'\.ied,lone at a time by the custemer. l

A still further object is to construct a vending machine which is so arrangedthat when an article is removed, an audible signal is given notifying the seller that an article has been removed from the machine.

My jevice is especially useful in vending mints, chewing gum, or, in tact, any articley Fig. 2 a vert-ical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; n

F 3 is a rear view oi? theidevice with parts broken away, the si gnaling apparatilis, its cover, and the back ot' the machine being removed;

Fig. 4lis a horizontal section taken on the line iii-fl et Fig. 3 with the signaling appa.- ratus installed;

Ilig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line 5 5 oliE Fig. l; y y

Fig. l 'is a perspective vieu/ot the cover for the signaling apparatus;

Fig. 7 is a iiiragmcnl'al perspective view ot the end portion ot one of the magazines; and y f F 8 isa perspective fragmental section of one of the intermediate magazine sec'- tions.

In the construction ot my deviceI employ a vertically extendingv casing having a bot-- tom 9, a top 10, and side members 11. The side members 11 `are provided with rearwardly extending` portions 12, which are of less height than the balance of the members. Carried by the base 9 are a vplurality of blocks or standards 13, which have reduced upper portions 14 so as to form shoulders 15. Carried by the side members is a sheet olE glass 1G, which inserted in grooves in the side members, its lower edge resting on the reduced )ortions 111. against removal by means of the top 10.

Pivotally secured to the blocks or standards 13 are a plurality of levers 17, which are provided with upwardly extending lingers 18. The levers 17 are pivotally mounted by means of screws or bolts 19.

Carried by the base 9 are blocks 20, which are slotted so as to receive a portion of the levers 17 preventing the levers from moving sideways. Secured to the side members 1l. are blocks 21 and to the top member a block 22. These blocks act as stops for the door 23. Carried by the door 23 are strips 2-l and 25. rlhese'strips extend forward and have' secured thereto the portions of the magav zines, the strips 25 carrying a `substantially channel shaped member 26, which is closed at its bottom. as indicated by the numeral 27,-but which has a cutaway portion 28 at its front wall.y This cutaway portion oit' such a heightas to be onlyslightly greater than the height of the package to be removed so that it will be impossible to remove more than one package from a magazine at a time. p

Secured to each side face of the members 241 are vertical magazine sections 29. These men'ibers 29 are substantially L shaped in cross section and are provided with a bottom '30, the bottoms 27 and 30 acting as supports tor the articles. Carried by the l'ront edge of the strips or members 241- are` strips 31, which form a :forward wall of the magazine sections. The strips 31 terminate at a distance above the bottoms so as tolcave a space :tor removal ol' the arti cles. 7 Secured to the bottom 9 are also strips 32 andr, the purpose of which will be ex plainedy in detail later. Pivotally carried by the portion 12 of the sides 11 is a U shaped tri gger 34 which is so arranged that it extends completely across the space between the two side members and is above and rests on the levers 17 in such a manner that when, thc'levers are tripped or tilted by removing an article, the trigger will be raised.

Carried by the base 9 is a signaling device 35, which in lthe present instance, is in the form of an electric buzzer, although I do This glass is held L ized opening.

not desire to limit mysel othe devices, 'which make an can be used. i f

. Carried by one of the binding posts of the buzzer is an arm 36 which is preferably of spring brass or copper and forms a teraudiblek signal,

vminal or contact when the trigger 34 is It'will he noted 'from Fig. 3 that one polo o.. the source eiectric energy is attached or eaiitacts with the Contact plate 3S, the other pole contacting with the pivot point 4l of the trigger In this way when the trigger is raised sothat it contacts with the aini or contact 3,6 a complete electric circuit will be formed and the buzzer operated.

In order to prevent tampering with the signaling device cover therefor is made use of, which has a top 42, a front 48, and a. back 44. The Jfront 43 is offsetso as to provide a shoulder 45, which serves as a rest Jfor the lower end of the door 23. See Fie. 2. The front is also provided with slots 46 through which certain of thelevers 17 extend. The purpose of thus constructing the front is to prevent all possibility of any tampering with the signaling device fromV the front ofthe vending machine. In fact the cover must be removed in order to get at the signaling apparatus.

The coverr 1s prevented from moving forward and backward by means of strips 32,

:ind-33, the one contacting with the front 43 on its inside and the other with the back 44 on its inside.'V The extensions 12 form the sides or" the cover. In addition to this the cover may be locked in position or securedk on the sides by means of screws. The back 23 may also be provided with suitable locking means so as to prevent unauthor- The operation of my device is as follows:

Aitor the device has been properly assembled and the signaling apparatus installed, the sameis enclosed by means of its cover. The magazines 'carriedV by the back are then filled and the back placed in position. lVhen the back is in positionk the ends 27 and 30 of the magazine sections rest on thereto since the shoulders 15 in suoli a manner that the fingers 18 oi the levers extend above the lower edge of the lowermost article. Then when an article is removed, the prospective purchaser inserts his finger between a pair of levers, grasps the article, and pulls it forward. lIn so doing the fingers 18 are moved forward, that is swung around the pivot 19, raising the rear end of the lever 17. The raising of this lever raises the trigger 34 and in so doing causes it to contact with the Contact arm 86 completing' the electric circuit through the buzzer and sounding` the signal. ln order toprevent the trigger from moved too far upward, a stop 47 is employed.

Tlfn what I claim is 1. A vending machine comprising a casing having a transparent front, a plurality of vertically parallel magazines formed in said casing to the rear of said iii-ont, each of said ii'iagazines having an'opening in its front and at its bottom so that. only one article at a time can be removed therethrough, a plurality ot levers pivotally carried by said casing below Ythe magazines and having a portion thereof extending upward in front of said openings so that when an article is removed oertain of the said levers will be tilted, a pivoted trigger located within said casing and adagted to be operated by the tilting ot said levers, and means operated by said trigger for placing an audible signal in operation. y

2. A vending machine comprising a casing having a transparentfront, a. plurality of vertically parallel magazinesy formed in said casing to the rear of said front, each of said magazines having an opening in its front and at its bottom soy that only'one article at a time can be removed therethrough, a plurality of levers pivota-lly carried by said casing below the magazines and having a portion thereoil extending upward iii front of said openings so that when an rarticle is removed certain of the said levers will be tilted, a pivoted trigger located within said casing and adapted to be operated by the tilting of said levers, means operated by said trigOer for placing-an audible signal in operation, and a cover for said trigger for preventing tampering with the saine.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature. f LOUIS J. DISSER, SR.

raving fully described my invention,l 

